The April Ag Economists Monthly Monitor is a joint survey of 70 ag economists that is conducted by the University of Missouri and Farm Journal.

The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will require electronic ID for certain cattle and bison moving interstate to help quickly pinpoint and respond to costly foreign animal diseases.

Between the HPAI outbreak in the dairy herd, the rapidly approaching farm bill deadline and western drought, legislators are keeping busy.

Permitting delays at packing facilities are creating concern for Michigan specialty crop growers.

North Dakota ethanol plant Red Trail Energy is partnering with sustainable agricultural solutions company Indigo Ag to help source corn with lower carbon intensity.

Columbia placed restrictions on importing beef and beef products from states where U.S. dairy herds have tested positive for HPAI. It becomes the first country to limit beef imports due to the virus.

Almond-bearing orchards in California are forecast to cover 1.373 million acres at harvest, a decrease of approximately 600 acres.

While 2024 may offer the third-highest milk price on record, sluggish international trade and weaker consumer prices due to high inflation continue to slow growth in dairy product sales.

Farmers who spread biosolid fertilizer on their fields are not the target of EPA regulators who have just designated Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) as hazardous substances.

Oil, natural gas and wind production have proven a viable farm income source.